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17. Kane Hodder, "I Think Patrick Swayze Is Sexy" (The Pleasure to Remain So Heartless, Cowboy vs. Sailor) 2:54 - iTunes. Rarely does one hear Cookie Monster hardcore, radio-friendly power-punk, hand-clapped cheerleader chants, and random falsetto pureed into the same song and not think, "Total bullshit." The pop culture–obsessed ADD weirdos of Kane Hodder have crafted a glorious exception in "Patrick," which is definitely about sex—or at least the grotesquerie therein—but not really about the Double Deuce bouncer so much as characters from Harmony Korine's gross-out classic, Gummo. Confounded? Just press play—it'll almost start to make sense. ANDREW BONAZELLI

18. Akimbo, "Circle of Hair" (City of the Stars, Seventh Rule) 3:56. Start with high-tension-wire guitar strains, offset with detuned bass bursts, get totally fucking incoherent for a while, then deliver the coup de grâce. Two and a half minutes into "Circle," frontman Jon Weisnewski delivers what will probably go down as this band's mission statement: "We'll take your white stripes! We'll paint them black!" Probably my favorite lyric of the year and a kick-ass rallying cry for metalheads of all flavors. ANDREW BONAZELLI

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2004 IN REVIEW

News

• The Rainier Bear and death by Lava Lamp. By Rick Anderson
• Goodbye, or good riddance, to the dearly departed. Mossback, by Knute Berger
• Ichiro, the Storm, Sonics. By Mike Henderson
• National media follies. By Geov Parrish

Music

• Two CDs' worth of what we think are the best local tracks of 2004.
• Seattle Weekly critics pick the year's best music overall.
• An MP3 CDR of reissues.
• 273 songs, 22 hours of 2004's best music.By Michaelangelo Matos

Film, Stage, Classical

• 10 best films of the year. By Brian Miller
• Local theater had something for everyone. By Steve Wiecking
• Classical triumphs. By Gavin Borchert

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19. The Lights, "Mr. Pussy" (Wood and Wire EP, Childstar) 3:43. Look, I know it isn't cool to compare anyone to Pavement, but don't give me three and half minutes of building/burning, loosely tethered mumble-mouthed wise-assing and wild-armed pop coaxing if you don't want me to recall the days of ironic T-shirts and "Summer Babe." LAURA CASSIDY

20. Charming Snakes, "The Tracks That Lead" (three-song EP, self-released) 2:39 A carefully calculated mess of fuzz, metallic chime, and stop-start jangling, "The Tracks That Lead" feels like a forgotten soundtrack tune from a late-'80s feel-good movie about teenagers on a killing spree in downtown Tukwila. The insistent undercover tambourine, rock and roll shimmy, and harmonic twitters provide excellent nervous energy; the nonconformist choreography makes it work. LAURA CASSIDY

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